Shaft-supporter



(NO'MOdelJ R. A. REGESTER.

Shaft Supporter.

Patented Oct'. 19,1880.

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PETERS, FHOTO-UTHOGRIPNER. WASHINGTON D O.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT A. BEGESTER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

SHAFT-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 233,548, dated October 19, 1880.

Application filed September 6, 1880. (No model.)

T all whom it may concern:

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Be it known that I, ROBERT A. REGESTER, of Baltimore city, State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful I m provements in Shaft-Supporters; and I hereby declare the same to be fully, clearly, and exactly described as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a central vertical sectional view of the device, and Fig. 2 is a top plan of the same.

My invention has reference to devices for supporting the shafts of vehicles in a raised position in order to economize room in the stable or carriage-house; and it consists in a device adapted to subserve that end, as well as to prevent the shafts from becoming; detached should the thill-bolt break, and incidentally to prevent the rattling of the shaft end in the jaws of the thill coupling or clip, the said device being constructed and operating substantially as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, A is the axle; B, the clip, having jaws O (J, between which the end of the shaft G is secured by a bolt, E, and nut F, and D is the rubber buffer, these parts being all of the usual form. The ends b of the clip B pass through holes in a plate, b, and are secured by nuts, as shown. The plate bis extended to the rear, forming a pair of springarms, c c, which are drawn together by means of a bolt, 0, and nut c. A bar, (I, is curved in the are of a circle whose radius is equal to the distance fromthe bolt E to the jaws O, and it is provided with a clip, (1, on the end for its attachment, by means of a nut, d, to the shaft Gr.

The operation of the device is as follows: The shafts being adjusted to the proper height, the bar (I is clamped in the jaws O by turning the nut c. The bar is not clamped so tightly as to prevent it from passing between the jaws as the angle of the shafts is changed when the vehicle crosses gutters, 850., but still sufficient] y so as to offer some resistance, and thereby prevent the thill-coupling from rattling. Should the thill-bolt break or (a much more frequent occurrence) should it fall out, the bar 01 still holds the shafts to the axle, and it is made strong enough to answer temporarily in this case as a coupling. In the stable or carriage-house the shafts are raised as nearly vertical as maybe, when the bars (I hold them in that position.

The device is simple and inexpensive, may be applied to the ordinary and almost universally used form of thill-coupling, and is rather ornamental than otherwise. Instead of passing over the axle the bar may bemade to pass under it; but the described construction is to be preferred.

WVhat I claim is- 1. A shaft-supporter consisting of a bar curved as described in the arc of a circle and adapted to be clamped to the axle, and combined with a clamping device for securing it with a yielding gripe, as set forth.

2. The combination, substantially as set forth of the bifurcated plate adapted for attachment to the axle, and having clampingjaws O, with the curved bar d.

3. In combination with the plate, having holes for the passage of the bolt ends of the clip, and the jaws O and bolt 0, the bar d, having clip (1, as set forth.

4. In combination with the shaft G, plate I), having clamping-jaws O, and the clip B, the curved bar d, passing over the axle and securing the shaft, all as set forth.

ROBERT A. REGESTER.

Attest:

R. 1). \VILLIAMS, J NO. 1. MADDox. 

